The driver of the white Iswara used by police-shooting victim Aminulrasyid Amzah seemed to be "experienced", a witness said in the Shah Alam Sessions court this morning.

Lokman NONE Hakim R Daily (left) , the 32nd prosecution witness, said the driver appeared to know how to handle the car in trying to shake off his pursuers - Lokman Hakim and his friends - during a 30- minute chase.

"It looked like he was experienced," he said when cross-examined by defence counsel M Athimulan.

Yesterday, Lokman Hakim had told the court that he and two friends pursued the Iswara about 12.15am on April 26, after the vehicle grazed and damaged their friend's Toyota Celica at Ali Corner in Section 7, Shah Alam.

Questioned further by co-defence counsel Salim Bashir, he agreed that the Iswara was driven in a reckless and dangerous manner.

His tes NONE timony corroborates claims by Aminulrasyid's friend and key prosecution witness Azamuddin Omar (right) , who had told a press conference a few days after the fatal shooting that the victim had sped off from Ali Corner after grazing a car.

Azamuddin, who said he was in the front passenger seat, added that Aminulrasyid had panicked when he saw a group of motorcyclists giving chase.

Lokman Hakim, when re-examined by DPP Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, explained that he assumed the driver of the white Iswara was experienced, based on the way the car was handled.

"The car was being driven fast and was cutting traffic," he said, pointing out that car was zig-zagging at one point to get past other cars on the road.

Cop: I did not count number of bullets

The police officer who handed over the weapon allegedly used to kill Aminulrasyid admitted today that he did not count the number of bullets in the four magazines tagged as evidence for the case before handing it over to the investigating officer.

Lance Corporal Zahari Udin, 26, said he assumed that there were 79 bullets in total as he was told of the figure by his colleague, one Lance Corporal Ismail, when relieving the latter from his shift at the Shah Alam armoury at 8pm on April 26.

He said the magazines had already been tagged with cellophane tape when he came on his shift, three of which had 25 bullets each and were taped together and kept in a pouch.

The fourth magazine, which he said held four bullets, was placed on top of the pouch.

“I was told by Lance Corporal Ismail that the weapon and the magazines were to be kept on the (storage) rack, but separately from the other guns on the rack. He said they were related to a case,” Zahari said when cross-examined by defence counsel M Athimulan.

A Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machinegun, along with the four magazines, were tendered as evidence in relation to Aminulrasyid’s fatal shooting.

When asked by Athimulan, Zahari agreed that it is a serious issue when an officer returns fewer bullets than the amount taken out from the armoury.

NONE He said however that neither he nor Ismail had made a note of the 21 missing bullets in the armoury’s registry, as Ismail had already made an entry on the station diary on April 26 itself.

The trial continues with three more witnesses expected to take the stand, including the owner of the Toyota Celica which was damaged by the Proton Iswara driven by Aminulrasyid on the fateful night.

Korporal Jenain Subi (left), 48, is charged with culpable homicide for allegedly killing Aminulrasyid between 1.10am and 2am on April 26. He faces a fine and a maximum of 30 years in jail if found guilty.